CSR-1 filing: we are told we cannot receive any CSR funds without it. Is that right, and how long does it take?

Corporate Partnerships & CSR
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CSR-1 filing: we are told we cannot receive any CSR funds without it. Is that right, and how long does it take?

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Correct. Since 2021 an entity must be registered with the MCA by filing Form CSR-1 to be eligible to receive CSR funds. Companies check this, and a serious CSR team will simply not proceed without your registration number.

You need 12A and 80G (or the relevant registration) in place first, and a digital signature certificate. Filing itself is not slow, the delay is almost always in getting the prerequisites and the DSC in order. Budget a few weeks, not months, if your other registrations are current.

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can confirm. We lost a committed CSR grant in 2022 purely because our CSR-1 was not filed and they could not legally disburse. The money went elsewhere.

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Filing this week. Thank you both.

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